%C a(n) is the number of flags in the associahedron of dimension n. For example, there are a(2) = 10 flags in the associahedron of dimension 2, a pentagon. (In this case a flag corresponds to a triple v:e:f of a mutually incident vertex v, edge e, and face f, with f necessarily the unique face of the pentagon.)

%C Equivalently, a(n) is the number of maximal sequences of consistent parenthesizations of a string of n + 2 letters, starting with n + 1 pairs of parentheses, then removing one pair, and so on, ending with the trivial (outermost) parenthesization. For example, (a(b(cd))):(ab(cd)):(abcd) and (a(b(cd))):(a(bcd)):(abcd) are two of the a(2) = 10 maximal sequences of consistent parenthesizations of the letters abcd. (End)